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The Oklahoma City Bombing
168 people, including 8 Federal Marshals, were killed in the bombing of a federal building in Oaklahoma City. -
Tupac Shakur Shot and Killed
Famous Rapper, Tupac Shakur gunned down in Las Vegas. -
NYC Police Assualt Haitian Immigrant
4 New York City police officers assault Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. He was beaten severely while handcuffed and had a toilet plunger shoved into his rectum, puncturing his intestine and bladder. -
Arkansas School Massacre
Two boys, who were 13 and 14, killed 5 people at a Jonesboro, Arkansas middle school after a false fire alarm. They were killed on the playground -
Columbine Tragedy
two students go on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. They killed 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves. -
Concorde crashes
crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all one hundred passengers and nine crew on board the flight, as well as four people on the ground. -
9/11
Two American airplanes flown by members of Al Quida crashed into the World Trade Center buildings in New York, killing thousands. This was the only airplane to fulfill its mission. -
Deadliest act of Terrorism in indonesia
The attack involved the detonation of three bombs: a backpack-mounted device carried by a suicide bomber; a large car bomb, both of which were detonated in or near popular nightclubs in Kuta; and a third much smaller device detonated outside the United States consulate in Denpasar, causing only minor damage. Killing 202 people, 152 of whom were foreign nationals (including 88 Australians), and 38 Indonesian citizens. A further 240 people were injured -
Darfur genocide begins
The Sudanese government helped equip militias that murdered civilians and then worked to cover up the crimes. -
Train bombings in Madrid
The official investigation by the Spanish Judiciary determined that the attacks were directed by a Muslim al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell, although no direct al-Qaeda participation (only "inspiration") was established. killing 191 people and wounding 1,800. -
Hurricane Katrina floods New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina, of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, was the costliest hurricane - as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was sixth strongest overall. -
The West African black rhino is declared extinct
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Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in Pakistan
She was assasinated after leaving a PPP rally in the Rawalpindi -
Oil prices hit a record high of $147/barrel
oil prices rose to a record high of $147 a barrel following concern over recent Iranian missile tests. -
Air France Flight 447
All 228 people are killed when the flight plunges into the atlantic ocean during stormy weather -
Haiti Earthquake
Earthquake in Haiti kills 230,000 humans and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince -
Navy Seal 6 Helicopter shot down
A helicopter containing members of Navy SEAL 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38 -
Aurora Theater Shooting
A mass shooting at a Century thater in Colorado during the primiere of 'The Dark Knight Rises' leaves 12 dead and 58 wounded -
Boston Marathon
Two pressure timer bombs go off at a marathon in Boston. Killing 2 and injuring many more. Bombs go off after Gov. officials say and post "There is only going to be a drill."
